Centre for Medical Bioscience

Seminar Series

The Centre for Medical Bioscience hosts fortnightly seminars throughout the academic year. 

Seminars are held in the IHMRI Lecture Theatre (32.G01).

Date Speaker Title
4pm, 11 March A/Prof Andrew Brown (UNSW) Fresh perspectives on cholesterol
4pm, 25 March Angelique Hoolahan Direct evidence that recombination and paternal leakage occur in the mitochondrial genome
4pm, 15 April Steve Bottomley (Monash University) The molecular basis of Polyglutamine repeat protein aggregation
22 April -- Good Friday --  
12.30pm, 6 May Dr John Kwok (NeuRA) The role of the SIGMAR1 gene in neurodegeneration
12.30pm, 20 May Daniel Bogema Genomic and Proteomic Analysis of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae
12.30pm, 3 June Professor Phil Board (ANU) Dichloroacetic acid: the next wonder drug?
4pm, 17 June Professor Angela Dulhunty (ANU) Molecular Components of Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Skeletal Muscle?
4pm, 24 June Bin (Rock) Wang: The role of P2X7 in red cell biology and
Iman Jalilian: Expression and function of canine P2X7: potential role in disease
4pm, 1 July Jim Shih-Ping Su Investigation into the modifications of human lens proteins with age
2.30pm - 3.30pm, 26 July Professor Antoine van Oijen (University of Groningen, the Netherlands) Single-molecule studies of DNA replication
4pm, 29 July Dr Chris Elvin (CSIRO Livestock Industries, Queensland Bioscience Precinct) Biomimetic design: new materials for industrial and medical use
4pm, 12 August Dr Vibeke Catts (NeuRA) Schizophrenia and cancer – understanding and treating disease
4pm, 26 August A/Prof Marie Ranson The plasminogen activation system and cancer: significance as a diagnostic marker and therapeutic target in metastatic disease
4pm, 9 September Professor Brett Garner Brain lipid metabolism: implications for Alzheimer's disease
4pm, 23 September A/Prof Chris Ormandy (Garvan Institute of Medical Research) Specification of progenitor cell fate decisions by the ets transcription factor Elf5 regulates mammary development and carcinogenesis
4pm, 21 October Dr Andrew Jenner Dietary Phenolics - Antioxidants or prebiotics for the colon. A tale of bioavailability and metabolism
4pm, 18 November Professor Aaron Oakley Macromolecular Crystallography: What can it do for you?
12.30pm, 22 November A/Prof Paul Teesdale-Spittle, Victoria University of Wellington Peloruside and Pateamine: Potent bioactives from a New Zealand marine sponge

 

Last reviewed: 15 November, 2011